Publications

Ramadhin AR, Lee SH, Zhou D, Salmazo A, Gonzalo-Hansen C, van Sluis M, Blom CMA, Janssens RC, Raams A, Dekkers D, Bezstarosti K, Slade D, Vermeulen W, Pines A, Demmers JAA, Bernecky C, Sixma TK, Marteijn JA. STK19 drives transcription-coupled repair by stimulating repair complex stability, RNA Pol II ubiquitylation, and TFIIH recruitment. Mol Cell. 2024 Nov 13:S1097-2765(24)00870-0. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.10.030.

Zapletal D, Taborska E, Pasulka J, Malik R, Kubicek K, Zanova M, Much C, Sebesta M, Buccheri V, Horvat F, Jenickova I, Prochazkova M, Prochazka J, Pinkas M, Novacek J, Joseph DF, Sedlacek R, Bernecky C, O’Carroll D, Stefl R, Svoboda P. Structural and functional basis of mammalian microRNA biogenesis by Dicer. Mol Cell. 2022 Nov 3;82(21):4064-4079.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.10.010.

Daiß JL, Pilsl M, Straub K, Bleckmann A, Höcherl M, Heiss FB, Abascal-Palacios G, Ramsay EP, Tlučková K, Mars JC, Fürtges T, Bruckmann A, Rudack T, Bernecky C, Lamour V, Panov K, Vannini A, Moss T, Engel C. The human RNA polymerase I structure reveals an HMG-like docking domain specific to metazoans. Life Sci Alliance. 2022 Sep 1;5(11):e202201568. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202201568.

Appel LM, Franke V, Bruno M, Grishkovskaya I, Kasiliauskaite A, Kaufmann T, Schoeberl UE, Puchinger MG, Kostrhon S, Ebenwaldner C, Sebesta M, Beltzung E, Mechtler K, Lin G, Vlasova A, Leeb M, Pavri R, Stark A, Akalin A, Stefl R, Bernecky C, Djinovic-Carugo K, Slade D. PHF3 regulates neuronal gene expression through the Pol II CTD reader domain SPOC. Nat Commun. 2021 Oct 19;12(1):6078. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26360-2.

Bernecky C, Plitzko JM, Cramer P. Structure of a transcribing RNA polymerase II-DSIF complex reveals a multidentate DNA-RNA clamp. Nat Struc Mol Biol. 2017 Sep 11. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.3465.

Xu Y, Bernecky C, Lee CT, Maier KC, Schwalb B, Tegunov D, Plitzko JM, Urlaub H, Cramer P. Architecture of the RNA polymerase II-Paf1C-TFIIS transcription elongation complex. Nat Commun. 2017 Jun 6;8:15741. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15741.

Engel C, Gubbey T, Neyer S, Sainsbury S, Oberthuer C, Baejen C, Bernecky C, Cramer P.  Structural Basis of RNA Polymerase I Transcription Initiation. Cell. 2017 Mar 23;169(1):120-131.e22. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.03.003.

Bernecky C, Herzog F, Baumeister W, Plitzko JM, Cramer P. Structure of transcribing mammalian RNA polymerase II. Nature. 2016 Jan 28;529(7587):551-4. doi: 10.1038/nature16482.

Sainsbury S*, Bernecky C*, Cramer P. Structural basis of transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II. *These authors contributed equally to this work. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2015 Mar;16(3):129-43. doi: 10.1038/nrm3952.